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I guess that should really read Interviewed by a Spook, since he was the one interviewing me. And I guess he wasn’t really a spook; he was actually a pretty nice guy who just happened to work for a prominent national interest doing a background check on a friend. He also didn’t seem to mind, or at least convincingly concealed his displeasure at the fact, that I blew off our first meeting and we had to reschedule for a week later.

At any rate, it was an interesting experience (or else why would I be droning on about it, duh…). As a friend had noted in advance of the interview, they’re chiefly concerned with the perceived trustworthiness, dependability and “honor” of the person in question; i.e. can they be bribed, and do they have US national interests in mind.

The most notable part of the interview in my mind was when I was asked if my friend “maintained regular contact with any Foreign Nationals”. I answered “none that I know of”, which lead to the natural follow-up, delivered in a mistakenly rhetorical fashion: “So you are a US citizen?”

I left the interview with a stronge urge to gorge on All Dressed chips and order Roots gear.